Vehicle-tire.



PATENTED JAN. 22, .1907;

F. HITCHCOCK.

VEHICLE TIRE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAB. 3, 190e.

I 2 SHEETS EATENTED JAN. 22, i907.

I". HITCHCOCK. VEHICLE TIEE. APPLICATION FILED MAB. 3, 1906.

24 SEEBTSSHEBT 2.

*EEE- INVENTOR W/ TNE SSE S:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

i FRED HiT'oHcocK, oF FREEPORT, NEW YORK, ASsiGNoR-.OF ONE-HALF T FRANK H. STEVENS, OFEREEPORT, NEWv YORK.

" vEHioLE-TIRE. Y

Np. l841,968.

. To all' whom, it vmty concern:

Be yit knownthat I, FRED HiTcHco'o'K, a citizen ofthe United States, anda resident of Freeport, inthe county of Nassau and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Vehicle-Tires, Vof whichthe following is :a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of they invention is to provide an armor vvfor ,use in connection with the shoe vof an automobile or other vehicle tire and a protection for the inner "tube, rendering the have more or less yielding action circunifer-` entially' of the wheel and so that a shoe provided with the improved lining or armor can l receive the inner tube and can be applied tol the.rim of the wheel .as conveniently and as securely as the ordinary shoe.

Another purpose of the invention is to provide a protective armor for the inner tube of inflated tires which is capableof use directly asa shoe.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had yto the accompanye ing drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters o f reference lindicate corresponding parts in all the iigof the shoe to which the armor is to be aprim of .a wheel and the improved tire, the secl tion'being taken practically on the luie l 1 of Figure l is a vertical section through' the Fig. 2. Fig. 2 Aisa transverse .section taken substantially o n the line 2 2 'of Fig. 1. Fig. 3

is a sectional :side elevation of one-half ofthe improved armor.

.larged scale; and Fig. 5 a :similar lsection taken practically von the line 5 5 of Fig. 3.

The armor is constructedof three sections'- a tread-section A and two side sections B of Speccaton of Letters Patent. appear-ion mea mail 3.1906. lserai No. 304,070.

the armor that it not detract from Fig.. 4 is a transverse :secf tion through the armor, taken practically on, vthe line 4 4 of Fig.. `3 and vdrawn upon an en- -ratened Jan. 22, 1907.

ranged members a and a', segmental in transverse section, as is shown in Figs. 4 and 5. The membersa are in one piece of material, and the members av are constructed of two pieces lof material 10 and 11, placed one over the other and connected at their central portions by rivets12"7 asis shown in Fig. 3, being separated at their end portions, so as to form pockets for the'reception of the end portions of the single members a, 4which are therefore telescopically connected with. the double members a. Any desired number -of members a and a are employed inthe construction of the. tread-sectionA, and it will be observed that by reason of the telescopic connections between the. said members al and a more or less resiliency'is imparted to said tread-section in operation, iso 'that this portion of the armor will not tend to deaden the shoe to which it is applied. The movey ment of the members a and a relatively to each other is necessarily limited. The sections B are likewise preferably made up of alternately-arranged members b and b', and the side sections B have substantially telescopic connection with the longitudinal edges of the members a and a. of the tread-section A, and the members b and li of the side sections B have telescopic connection with each other. In the drawings eight members are provided for each :side section B; but I do not limit myself to any -particular number. the members b are made shorter than the members b.

The members b and b of the side sections B are curved to correspond to the curvature plied,- and in connection with the tread-section A thecross-section of the armor closely approaches `a circle, as the side sections,\vhile vconverging at the bottom of the armor, are yet spaced apart. In the` construction of a member l) two opposing-plates 13 and 14 are employed'an inner .and `an upper plate. These plates :are of the same shape, vand their lower ends :are given an outward and slightly upward curvature, as shown at 12 in Fig. 4.

The plates -13 and 14 of each member b are connected and yet held spaced apart by rivets 15, (shown best in Fig. 3,) whereby a pocket 16 is obtained in veach of the members b entirely unobstrulcted at the ends of the members, as the rivets or bolts 15 are .located one at each side ofthe center. The pockets at the ends of the membrs `b receive the end Preferably lOO portions of the members b', and while the pockets in the members b are quite wide at their upper portions they are made to gradually diminish in width as they approach the lower ends of the said members, as is clearly shown in 4. A lith regard t`o the members b they each consist of an inner plate 18 and an outer plate 17, and these plates 17 and 18 are secured together by rivets 19 at a point between their centers and their lower ends, as is shown in F' 5, so that from a point above the rivets and om the rivets to the lower end portions 12i of the said members b' the said' plates lie in close contact with each other, and the curvature of the lower portions 12a and the said members b corresponds to the curvature of the lower ends 12 ofthe members b, as is shown in Fig. 4. The upper portions of the plates 17 and 18, composing the members b,are separated to form pockets 20; but the separation is not necessarily so great as isthe separation of the plates 13 and 14 of the members b, since the pockets 16 in the members b receive the end portions of the members b', together with the lower edges of the members of the tread-section A, as is shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

Before applying the shoe 23 to the armor just described the inner face of the armor is provided with a cover 21, of canvas or a like material, and the outer face of the armor is provided with a similar covering 22, as is shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and then the shoe 23, which may be of any suitable shape to be fitted to the rim 24, is vulcanized or otherwise secured upon the outer face of the said armor, the bottom edges 12 and 12a of the said armor being embedded in the said shoe.

If desired, the armor may be made a shoe of itself-for example, by lining the inner portion ofthe armor with thin leather and after covering the outer portion of the armor with canvas again covering it with heavy leather. Under some conditions a tire thus constructed is as well adapted for service as a tire having the customary shoe applied.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In vehicle-tires, an armor composedgof a plurality of series of telescopically-connected members, the series lying alongside of each other, and each member of eachseries being telescopically connected with the adjacent members o the adjacent series.

2. In a vehicle-tire, any armor consisting of a tread-section and side sections engaging with the tread-section, the side sections being made to converge at their lower portions and to have their lower edges upwardly and outwardly inclined.

3. 1n a vehicle-tire, an armor consisting of a continuous tread-section constructed of telescopically-connected members, and side sections telescopically connected with each other and with the members of the treadsection.

4. In vehicle-tires, a continuous tread-section constructed ofl members having telescopic connection with each other, and side sections the members whereof have telescopic con-' nection with each other and telescopic and slidable connection with the members of the tread-section.

5. In vehicle-tires, a continuous tread-section constructed of members having telescopic connection with each other, and side sections the members whereof have telescopic connection with eachother and telescopic and slidable connection with the members of the tread-section, the side sections having their lower portions curved inward in direction of each other and their lower edges curved outward or away fromeach other.

6. In a vehicle-tire, an armor for the inner tube thereof, consisting of a tread-section the members whereof have sliding relation to each other, side sections the members wherep of have slidable relation to each other and to the tread-section, a covering for the inner and the outer faces of the said armor, and a shoe litted to the outer contour of the armor.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this speciiication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRED i HITCHCOCK.

Witnesses:

HARRY G. CLARK, GEORGE WALLACE. 

